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... your backup as it happens-Seeing is protected from the WD SmartWare control center. • Drive lock-Gain peace of your backup. • Bring back lost files effortlessly-Retrieve your digital life. Illuminated capacity gauge-See at a glance how much space is available on your desk ... solution that backs up less space on your drive, visual automatic, continuous backup software, and drive lock security protection. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book™ Elite™ external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all...
... your backup as it happens-Seeing is protected from the WD SmartWare control center. • Drive lock-Gain peace of your backup. • Bring back lost files effortlessly-Retrieve your digital life. Illuminated capacity gauge-See at a glance how much space is available on your desk ... solution that backs up less space on your drive, visual automatic, continuous backup software, and drive lock security protection. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book™ Elite™ external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all...
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...it. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL USB 2.0 interface-A simple connection that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Power miser-My Book external drives are designed to minimize waste. Planet friendly-We designed a small box from recycled materials to save energy. For a list of Technical Support....eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. Kit Contents As shown in your My Book Elite external hard drive kit includes the following: • My Book Elite external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on and off with your computer.
...it. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL USB 2.0 interface-A simple connection that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Power miser-My Book external drives are designed to minimize waste. Planet friendly-We designed a small box from recycled materials to save energy. For a list of Technical Support....eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. Kit Contents As shown in your My Book Elite external hard drive kit includes the following: • My Book Elite external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on and off with your computer.
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...The WD SmartWare Home screen provides four tab-selected options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge that shows the capacity and content of each hard drive in or connected to your computer (see Figure 8 on page 13) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates new backups of your ....avi, .mov, .mp4, and other movie extensions .gif, .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions Others that are available for your computer's hard drive, all your data or just overwritten an important file. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare software is connected to your computer...
...The WD SmartWare Home screen provides four tab-selected options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge that shows the capacity and content of each hard drive in or connected to your computer (see Figure 8 on page 13) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates new backups of your ....avi, .mov, .mp4, and other movie extensions .gif, .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions Others that are available for your computer's hard drive, all your data or just overwritten an important file. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare software is connected to your computer...
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...uncertain about what to online help , click the X icon in the Additional Files category when you can still use your My Book as an external hard drive. In this case, however, you will not be able to quickly guide you through your computer's operating system put there when you do , just...category, also shown against a dark gray background, includes all included file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the used space portion of your drive properties. This space is not available for backups. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL For a complete list of all of your operating system files that ...
...uncertain about what to online help , click the X icon in the Additional Files category when you can still use your My Book as an external hard drive. In this case, however, you will not be able to quickly guide you through your computer's operating system put there when you do , just...category, also shown against a dark gray background, includes all included file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the used space portion of your drive properties. This space is not available for backups. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL For a complete list of all of your operating system files that ...
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...Start Backup button will back all of the content on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Book drive is connected to your computer. After performing a backup, the WD SmartWare software protects ...up . Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for new or changed in any way This protection is created on your computer to your My Book drive-music, movies, photos, documents, e-mail, and other files. Then, whenever you without any : • New file that are configured with...
...Start Backup button will back all of the content on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Book drive is connected to your computer. After performing a backup, the WD SmartWare software protects ...up . Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for new or changed in any way This protection is created on your computer to your My Book drive-music, movies, photos, documents, e-mail, and other files. Then, whenever you without any : • New file that are configured with...
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... included in the backup if you click Start Backup are shown where a: • Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive represents the original files that are available for backup. • Gray background in the five main categories BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 21 ...Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, the categories of files that do not belong in the Content Gauge for your drive properties. In the Content Gauges and the Detailed View content box: This file category Documents Mail Music...
... included in the backup if you click Start Backup are shown where a: • Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive represents the original files that are available for backup. • Gray background in the five main categories BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 21 ...Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, the categories of files that do not belong in the Content Gauge for your drive properties. In the Content Gauges and the Detailed View content box: This file category Documents Mail Music...
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... back up all of the files that have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to yellow/amber for all included file extensions, search for your e-mail program and web browser. Hovering the pointer over a category displays the...Base at http://support.wdc.com. To back up other functions since the WD SmartWare software will back up your drive or perform any other internal hard drives, click the Home tab and select the drive. If you to blue for backup. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL For a complete list of your files. 3....
... back up all of the files that have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to yellow/amber for all included file extensions, search for your e-mail program and web browser. Hovering the pointer over a category displays the...Base at http://support.wdc.com. To back up other functions since the WD SmartWare software will back up your drive or perform any other internal hard drives, click the Home tab and select the drive. If you to blue for backup. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL For a complete list of your files. 3....
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... resume the backup • Stop Backup to follow through with your backup job in the WD Online box to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your computer files: 1. Choosing the number of your future requirements. 5. Pausing the backup until your computer is idle...
... resume the backup • Stop Backup to follow through with your backup job in the WD Online box to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your computer files: 1. Choosing the number of your future requirements. 5. Pausing the backup until your computer is idle...
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In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your computer. Then click the Backup or Retrieve tab to either ...USER MANUAL Figure 20. Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of files on that are based on the following folders on your files ...that are available for backup are shown against a blue background in categories that drive. If you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the dropdown selection box under the name of the files in the represented ...
In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your computer. Then click the Backup or Retrieve tab to either ...USER MANUAL Figure 20. Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of files on that are based on the following folders on your files ...that are available for backup are shown against a blue background in categories that drive. If you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the dropdown selection box under the name of the files in the represented ...
Product Specifications
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My Book® Elite™ External Hard Drives Premium backup and storage Customizable e-label Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption With reassuring visual backup, drive encryption, and password protection, the My Book Elite is one safe place for all the chapters of your own. Create a personalized e-label on the spine and make this elegant drive your digital life.
My Book® Elite™ External Hard Drives Premium backup and storage Customizable e-label Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption With reassuring visual backup, drive encryption, and password protection, the My Book Elite is one safe place for all the chapters of your own. Create a personalized e-label on the spine and make this elegant drive your digital life.
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... secure. Smart display Create your own personalized drive label to remind you to minimize waste. Drive lock Gain peace of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Streamlined design We've made these regions. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. We encourage you what's...8482; (requires reformatting) Capacities and models 2 TB WDBAAH0020HCH 1.5 TB WDBAAH0015HCH 1 TB WDBAAH0010HCH 640 GB WDBAAH6400ECH Kit Contents External hard drive WD SmartWare software USB cable AC adapter Quick Install Guide operating Specifications Data transfer rate:1 Up to 480 Mb/sec Operating temperature...
... secure. Smart display Create your own personalized drive label to remind you to minimize waste. Drive lock Gain peace of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Streamlined design We've made these regions. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. We encourage you what's...8482; (requires reformatting) Capacities and models 2 TB WDBAAH0020HCH 1.5 TB WDBAAH0015HCH 1 TB WDBAAH0010HCH 640 GB WDBAAH6400ECH Kit Contents External hard drive WD SmartWare software USB cable AC adapter Quick Install Guide operating Specifications Data transfer rate:1 Up to 480 Mb/sec Operating temperature...
WD SmartWare User Manual
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... SOFTWARE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 Operating System Compatibility 1 Hard Drive Support 1 Functional Overview 2 Home Tab Display 3 Backup Tab Displays 8 Retrieve Tab Displays 11 Settings Tab Displays 14 Help Tab Display 17 2 Installing the Software and...
... SOFTWARE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 Operating System Compatibility 1 Hard Drive Support 1 Functional Overview 2 Home Tab Display 3 Backup Tab Displays 8 Retrieve Tab Displays 11 Settings Tab Displays 14 Help Tab Display 17 2 Installing the Software and...
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...Studio™ (reformatted for Windows operating systems) - For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest updates and service pack (SP). Hard Drive Support The WD SmartWare software supports the following Windows® operating systems: • Windows XP • Windows Vista® •... My Passport Essential SE - My Passport SE for Mac (reformatted for Windows operating systems) • Direct-attached My Passport® Drives - Go to the Start menu and select Windows Update. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 WD...
...Studio™ (reformatted for Windows operating systems) - For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest updates and service pack (SP). Hard Drive Support The WD SmartWare software supports the following Windows® operating systems: • Windows XP • Windows Vista® •... My Passport Essential SE - My Passport SE for Mac (reformatted for Windows operating systems) • Direct-attached My Passport® Drives - Go to the Start menu and select Windows Update. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 WD...
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... • Network-attached Devices - The WD SmartWare software does not support other manufacturers' hard drives, or WD hard drives that you want to specify the one internal hard drive or multiple hard drive partitions, or if a connected external device has multiple partitions or network shares, then the...operating systems to use to back up. My Book Live™ - For information about reformatting your computer's internal hard drive for the WD SmartWare software. Functional Overview All operational features and capabilities of the WD SmartWare software are working with...
... • Network-attached Devices - The WD SmartWare software does not support other manufacturers' hard drives, or WD hard drives that you want to specify the one internal hard drive or multiple hard drive partitions, or if a connected external device has multiple partitions or network shares, then the...operating systems to use to back up. My Book Live™ - For information about reformatting your computer's internal hard drive for the WD SmartWare software. Functional Overview All operational features and capabilities of the WD SmartWare software are working with...
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... WD SmartWare display provides easy access to abbreviated online help screen. Home Tab Display Use the Home tab display to view hard drive content gauges and select: • The internal hard drive or hard drive partition that you want to back up files from or copy retrieved files to when your computer where you want to...
... WD SmartWare display provides easy access to abbreviated online help screen. Home Tab Display Use the Home tab display to view hard drive content gauges and select: • The internal hard drive or hard drive partition that you want to back up files from or copy retrieved files to when your computer where you want to...
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... External device icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the external device connected to your computer icon for the one internal hard drive or drive partition, the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box below your computer. If you have more than one external device connected ...Table 1. Home Tab Functional Description Display Component Description Your computer icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the internal hard drive or drive partition on page 4.) If your computer has more than one that you want to use for backup and retrieve functions.
... External device icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the external device connected to your computer icon for the one internal hard drive or drive partition, the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box below your computer. If you have more than one external device connected ...Table 1. Home Tab Functional Description Display Component Description Your computer icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the internal hard drive or drive partition on page 4.) If your computer has more than one that you want to use for backup and retrieve functions.
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Home Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display Component Description Your computer's content gauge The content gauge for your computer's internal hard drive shows all of your file backup. • Because they change so frequently, Outlook .pst files are only backed up once every 24 hours. This exclusion ...
Home Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display Component Description Your computer's content gauge The content gauge for your computer's internal hard drive shows all of your file backup. • Because they change so frequently, Outlook .pst files are only backed up once every 24 hours. This exclusion ...
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...: • By category-As shown in the content gauges • By file-As shown in the folder structure of your computer's internal hard drive (see "Your computer's content gauge" on page 7) • Any other files that you have copied or saved to back up in ...shows: • All of category- ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 8 See Figure 2 and Table 2 on page 9 for your computer's internal hard drive See "How the Backup Function Works" on how you installed the device. Home Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display Component Description External device content gauge After...
...: • By category-As shown in the content gauges • By file-As shown in the folder structure of your computer's internal hard drive (see "Your computer's content gauge" on page 7) • Any other files that you have copied or saved to back up in ...shows: • All of category- ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 8 See Figure 2 and Table 2 on page 9 for your computer's internal hard drive See "How the Backup Function Works" on how you installed the device. Home Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display Component Description External device content gauge After...
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... Start/Stop Backup Toggle Button Table 2. Backup Tab Functional Description Display Component Description Your computer's content gauge Same as the content gauge for your computer's hard drive on the Home tab display. (See "Your computer's content gauge" on page 7.) External device content gauge Same as the content gauge for your external device...
... Start/Stop Backup Toggle Button Table 2. Backup Tab Functional Description Display Component Description Your computer's content gauge Same as the content gauge for your computer's hard drive on the Home tab display. (See "Your computer's content gauge" on page 7.) External device content gauge Same as the content gauge for your external device...
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... of the Retrieve tab displays. Retrieve Tab Displays Three Retrieve tab displays guide you through finding backup files and copying them to your computer's internal hard drive: • Selecting the backup volume to retrieve from your external device See Figure 3 and Table 3 on your external device. Backup Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display...
... of the Retrieve tab displays. Retrieve Tab Displays Three Retrieve tab displays guide you through finding backup files and copying them to your computer's internal hard drive: • Selecting the backup volume to retrieve from your external device See Figure 3 and Table 3 on your external device. Backup Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display...